One of this non-Henry James author's protagonists is inspired by such books as Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus and is advised to seek "the figure in the carpet" by the poetaster Cronshaw. In another of his novels, a bottle of Zubrowka tempts Sophie Macdonald back into alcoholism, while the protagonist uses the hypnotic powers he'd learned in India to cure Gray Maturin, the husband of his ex-fiancée Isabel. The protagonist of his most famous work lives for a time with Norah Nesbit and carries on a tumultuous romance with Mildred Rogers, but is finally able to find peace with Thorpe Athelney's daughter Sally. For 10 points, identify this author wh
One of this non-Henry James author's protagonists is inspired by such books as Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus and is advised to seek "the figure in the carpet" by the poetaster Cronshaw. In another of his novels, a bottle of Zubrowka tempts Sophie Macdonald back into alcoholism, while the protagonist uses the hypnotic powers he'd learned in India to cure Gray Maturin, the husband of his ex-fiancée Isabel. The protagonist of his most famous work lives for a time with Norah Nesbit and carries on a tumultuous romance with Mildred Rogers, but is finally able to find peace with Thorpe Athelney's daughter Sally. For 10 points, identify this author who created Larry Darrell and Philip Carey in The Razor's Edge and Of Human Bondage, respectively.
One of this non-Henry James author's protagonists is inspired by such books as Ernest Renan's Life of Jesus and is advised to seek "the figure in the carpet" by the poetaster Cronshaw.
William Somerset {Maugham}